Famous Greeks
Greeks are a special example in history they have a glorious past but they dont live in the past. They are powerful, even today. And they will always be. Greeks distinguished everywhere and always be FAMOUS and useful citizens of the world.
Angelo Tsarouchas: The big Greek-Canadian comedian with the even bigger talent
As a stand up comedian, he has travelled around the globe five times to present his shows, while his own comedy program is broadcasted by TV networks in Canada, the USA, the UK, the Netherlands, South Africa and Lebanon. His new TV show, “Bigger is...
Tasos Chonias: Greece is the “mother” of heroes and pioneers
Tasos Chonias was involved in painting from a very young age, making murals in commercial spaces. Later he worked on theatre sets at the National Opera House with stage designer Stefanos Lazaridis and in various theatre productions as well as giant posters in cinema. In...
Known for his roles in “Picket Fences” and “Saw”
[:el] Costas Mandylor is a famous actor, known for his roles in “Picket Fences” and “Saw”. His original name was Costas Theodosopoulos, but he changed it when he decided to become an actor. He grew up in Melbourne, Australia by Greek parents, who had migrated...
Signing scores for the blockbusters
Have you ever wondered how dull a film would be without the music? More than anything, scores can better highlight the climax of emotions, the suspense or the joy and sorrow that viewers experience through the lives of the film characters. The French of Greek...
Pioneer researcher at Harvard University
From 2009, the innovation produced by the international team of Harvard Department of Physics, under the supervision of the Greek Professor Efthimios Kaxiras, led the effort for the production of cheap energy to whole different paths. His methodology is based on cheap, environment friendly, nano...
The Greek behind Coppola’s “The Godfather”
What do Francis Ford Coppola, Roman Polanski, Michelangelo Antonioni, Arthur Penn and Wim Wenders have in common? They have all collaborated with Dean Tavoularis, a production designer of Greek descent, who was responsible for the art direction of some of their most important films. Architect...
Obama’s Greek adviser in aerospace issues
Fokion Egolfopoulos is among the world’s most renown scientists. Born in Lamia in 1957, he grew up under the influence of American music, films and social movements, and cultivated the dream of moving to the US. He succeeded in realizing his dream/goal in the early...
Valeria Golino: The Mediterranean beauty and unlimited talent that conquered Hollywood
Valeria Golino is the second child of an Italian and a Greek painter. Valeria, until the divorce of her parents, grew up in Naples, Italy. Then, she lived in Athens with her mother for three years and subsequently returned to Italy where she spent another...
Dimitrios Pantazis: Explores the functionality of the brain
[:el] Dimitrios Pantazis is a professor at the McGovern Institute at MIT University in United States and Director of the Magnetoencephalography (MEG) Laboratory within the Martinos Imaging Center. His research focuses on the study of brain and on Magnetoencephalography. He comes from Serres, Greece. He has...
Philip Tsiaras: A multidimensional international artist
Philip Tsiaras is a painter, photographer, sculptor and poet. He is an international artist living in New York. He has Greek origin, and comes from the city Grevena. He was born in 1952 in New Hampshire, USA. He studied music and comparative literature in Amherst...